A secure, transparent blockchain marketplace enabling individuals to monetize their biological/genetic information while providing researchers and healthcare providers with verified datasets. Built on the Stacks blockchain with comprehensive privacy protection and regulatory compliance.
BioVault creates a decentralized ecosystem where:
- Data Contributors can securely list and monetize their biological data
- Researchers & Healthcare Providers can access verified, high-quality datasets
- Platform ensures fair compensation, data privacy, and quality assurance through blockchain technology
Data Registry System
- Secure biological data storage with cryptographic hashing
- Comprehensive metadata management
- Quality verification and certification processes
User Management
- Participant profiles with reputation scoring
- Identity verification system
- Specialization and affiliation tracking
Trading Engine
- Transparent pricing mechanisms
- Automated commission handling (8% platform fee)
- Secure STX-based transactions
Quality Assurance
- Peer review system with 1-5 star ratings
- Administrative quality certification
- Performance analytics and trending
- Secure Data Registration: Upload biological data with cryptographic hash protection
- Flexible Pricing: Set custom prices (minimum 1000 microSTX)
- Quality Certification: Administrative verification for premium listings
- Earnings Tracking: Real-time revenue and performance analytics
- Access Control: Toggle availability and manage pricing
- Comprehensive Search: Filter by category, access tier, and quality ratings
- Transparent Pricing: Clear cost breakdown with platform fees
- Quality Reviews: Read peer reviews before purchasing
- Permanent Access: One-time purchase grants permanent data access
- Usage Tracking: Declare intended use for compliance
- Platform Management: Control operational status and commission rates
- Quality Control: Verify and certify high-quality datasets
- User Verification: Approve participant identity verification
- Analytics Dashboard: Monitor platform performance and revenue
create-bio-record()- Register new biological datasetupdate-record-price()- Modify dataset pricingtoggle-record-status()- Enable/disable marketplace listing
buy-data-access()- Purchase access to biological datasubmit-quality-review()- Rate and review purchased datasets
verify-user-identity()- Approve user verificationupdate-fee-rate()- Adjust platform commission (max 25%)toggle-hub-status()- Control platform operational statuscertify-record-quality()- Mark datasets as verified
get-record-details()- Retrieve dataset informationget-user-profile()- Access user profile datahas-data-access()- Check access permissionsget-hub-statistics()- Platform analytics overview
Bio-Data Registry
{
record-owner: principal,
data-hash: (buff 32),
metadata-uri: (string-ascii 512),
listing-price: uint,
data-category: (string-ascii 100),
access-level: (string-ascii 30),
is-active: bool,
purchase-count: uint,
is-verified: bool,
sample-count: uint,
tech-platform: (string-ascii 150)
}
User Profiles
{
reputation-points: uint,
records-created: uint,
purchases-made: uint,
is-verified: bool,
total-earnings: uint,
specialty-field: (string-ascii 100),
organization: (string-ascii 200)
}
- Platform Commission: 8% of each transaction (adjustable by admin, max 25%)
- Minimum Listing Price: 1,000 microSTX
- Payment Distribution: 92% to data owner, 8% to platform
- Starting Reputation: 750 points for new users
- Quality Metrics: Average ratings, review counts, verification status
- Performance Tracking: Revenue generation, purchase history
- Cryptographic Hashing: SHA-256 hash verification for data integrity
- Access Control: Granular permissions with purchase verification
- Privacy Compliance: Metadata-only storage with off-chain data references
- STX Payments: Native Stacks token for secure transactions
- Duplicate Prevention: Protection against duplicate purchases
- Administrative Controls: Emergency platform suspension capabilities
- Comprehensive Checks: String length, format, and range validations
- Error Handling: 16 specific error codes for precise debugging
- Principal Verification: Address validation and zero-principal protection
- Register biological data with metadata
- Set competitive pricing and access tiers
- Await administrative quality verification (optional)
- Monitor purchases and earnings through analytics
- Browse available datasets by category
- Review quality ratings and peer feedback
- Purchase access with intended use declaration
- Submit quality reviews to help community
- Monitor platform statistics and user activity
- Verify user identities and certify quality datasets
- Adjust commission rates based on market conditions
- Manage platform operational status
- Total transactions and revenue
- Active datasets and user counts
- Average transaction values
- Quality rating distributions
- Revenue generation and purchase frequency
- Average ratings and review counts
- Popularity trends and activity patterns
- Geographic and temporal usage analytics
- Usage Declaration: Mandatory purpose statements for data access
- Identity Verification: Administrative approval for verified status
- Audit Trail: Complete transaction history on blockchain
- Data Governance: Owner-controlled access and availability
- Peer Review System: Community-driven quality assessment
- Administrative Certification: Official quality verification
- Performance Analytics: Data-driven quality metrics
- Feedback Loops: Continuous improvement through user reviews
The BioVault smart contract is designed for easy integration with:
- Web3 applications and DApps
- Research institution platforms
- Healthcare provider systems
- Data marketplace aggregators
- Academic research tools
Built on Stacks blockchain for Bitcoin-secured smart contracts with comprehensive biological data trading capabilities.